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Fastball is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of The Beatles, Green Day, Everclear and Elvis Costello. Those roots explain a lot about how Fastball arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Wallflowers, Gin Blossoms, Everclear, Sugar Ray and Better Than Ezra, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Camila Cabello, Mark McGrath, The Calling and Machine Gun Kelly, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 34 connections around Fastball, reaching back through The Beatles and forward to Camila Cabello. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Fastball is an American rock band. It was formed in Austin, Texas, in 1992. The band originally called themselves Magneto U.S.A., and changed their name after signing with Hollywood Records.
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Fastball connections
Fastball grew out of The Beatles, Green Day, Everclear and Elvis Costello, shares an orbit with The Wallflowers, Gin Blossoms, Everclear and Sugar Ray, went on to shape Camila Cabello, Mark McGrath, The Calling and Machine Gun Kelly. 34 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Fastball
Sounds and acts that shaped Fastball.
Artists similar to Fastball
Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Fastball.
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